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AMBAWALI: Union Railway Minister Laloo Prasad has said that the accident involving Matsyagandha Express, which left 14 people dead and 62 others injured, was caused by boulders falling on the track due to landslides. "Prima facie, it seems that there was a landslide and boulders fell on the tracks. The driver had to break hard. Of course, there will be an investigation by the Commission of Safety," Laloo said Wednesday night. "I also want to thank villagers, youths and people of neighbourhood as I saw them in television helping very much in rescue operations," he said.

JAIPUR: Bollywood star and Congress MP Govinda's wife and two children were injured and his friend Rishab Jha was killed when their Qualis van collided head-on with a truck. They were on their way to Ajmer today, police said. The accident occurred on the Jaipur-Ajmer road near Bagru when the driver of the Qualis rammed into the truck coming from the opposite direction while trying to save some children, they said. The actor's wife Sunita received head injuries and their daughter Namarata had a broken tooth while son Yash escaped with minor bruises.

BENGALURU: Traffic in the busy Electronics City was thrown out of gear on Wednesday morning following an accident in which an 18-year-old biker was killed on the spot. Tension prevailed in the area for nearly an hour before police rushed to take control of the situation. Riyaz, a construction worker, was heading to work around 8:30 am when he was hit by a water tanker, which was coming from Electronics City Phase 1. Riyaz, who was crossing the Wipro Gate when he was hit, was "tossed up in the air and sustained severe head injuries that killed him on the spot," traffic police said.

PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday ordered a probe into the Lakhisarai road accident in which 40 people were killed. "I have asked the Chief Secretary R J M Pillai to probe the matter," Kumar said adding the state government has sanctioned ex-gratia of Rs one lakh to next of kin of the deceased. A total of 35 farm labourers were killed and 15 injured when an overloaded truck carrying them veered off a culvert and fall into a river near Ghongsa village in Lakhisarai last night.

ROURKELA: Seven employees of the Rourkela Steel Plant received minor injuries when molten steel spilled over at the steel melting shop here on Saturday, police said. While four others were released after being administered first aid at the plant, three were taken to hospital for treatment. Two of them were released from the hospital while one employee was admitted. Police was investigating the mishap.

shah was working as an executive in a leading bank. one day while travelling back home from work, he suddenly met with a car accident resulting in a major fracture which also led to a partial loss of eyesight. being temporarily disabled he was forced to sit at home for a couple of months till he fully recovered. since shah was the only earning member, all of a sudden the family was thrown into turmoil because it had no regular income to meet normal household expenditure. his worry would have been far less only if he had taken an accident policy.

NEW DELHI: "I am a politician by accident. I didn't choose politics as a career," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said. His remarks at a conference came amid a raging political row between Left parties and the Government threatening to scuttle the Indo-US nuclear deal, on which he has put his personal commitment. An economist-turned-politician, Singh was asked whether he was of the view that politicians are driven by short-term considerations and not concerned about long-term future of the country.

NEW DELHI: Religare Health Insurance today launched a critical illness and personal accident product 'Assure' for the retail market customers. "Assure offers a sum insured of up to Rs 1 crore, the highest among currently available critical illness products, along with an annual health check-up for the insured member, at no extra cost," Religare said in a statement. The product with 'zero day survival period' assures full payout of the sum insured if the insured succumbs to an ailment without any condition for defined duration of survival, post diagnosis, it added.

No sooner had the momentary hush that had settled over the Formula One media centre when it became clear that Jules Bianchi had been seriously hurt lifted than the clamour for answers began. Race reports were either hastily written or abandoned. Journalists and television crew flooded the paddock, stomping up and down the sport's inner sanctum, cornering just about anyone they could find for a reaction. The modern day nature of the news media demanded instant answers - how was Bianchi doing?